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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>EZEKIEL</span>
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CHAPTER 34
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The Lord reproves those shepherds who do not feed the flock—In the last days, the Lord will gather the lost sheep of Israel—The Messiah shall be their Shepherd—The Lord will make his gospel covenant with them.
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And</span> the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span> unto the shepherds; Woe <i>be</i> to the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/2a" mark="a" type="C" title="Isa. 56: 11; TG Shepherds.">shepherds</a> of Israel that do feed themselves!  should not the shepherds <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/34/2b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Priesthood, Magnifying Callings within.">feed</a> the flocks?
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Ye eat the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 26: 29.">fat</a>, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: <i>but</i> ye feed not the flock.
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The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sickness.">sick</a>, neither have ye bound up <i>that which was</i> broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/34/4b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Cruelty.">cruelty</a> have ye ruled them.
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And they were scattered, because <i>there is</i> no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
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My <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sheep.">sheep</a> wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek <i>after them.</i>
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&#182; Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>;
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<i>As</i> I live, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because <i>there was</i> no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of Israel.">shepherds</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/34/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 28: 13 (9-16); Morm. 8: 37 (37-41).">fed</a> themselves, and fed not my flock;
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Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>;
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Thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; Behold, I <i>am</i> against the shepherds; and I will <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jacob 1: 19; D&C 72: 3; D&C 112: 33.">require</a> my flock at their hand, and cause them to <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/34/10b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 107: 100 (99-100).">cease</a> from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
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&#182; For thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; Behold, I, <i>even</i> I, will both <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Missionary Work.">search</a> my sheep, and seek them out.
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As a <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Shepherds.">shepherd</a> seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep <i>that are</i> scattered; so will I <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/34/12b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Gathering of.">seek</a> out my <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/34/12c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd.">sheep</a>, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/34/12d" mark="d" type="A" title="2 Ne. 25: 15 (11-19).">scattered</a> in the <sup>e</sup><a href="ezek/34/12e" mark="e" type="A" title="Ezek. 30: 3.">cloudy</a> and <sup>f</sup><a href="ezek/34/12f" mark="f" type="A" title="Joel 2: 2; Matt. 24: 29.">dark</a> day.
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And I will <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/13a" mark="a" type="C" title="Ezek. 38: 8; TG Millennium, Preparing a People for.">bring</a> them out from the people, and <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/34/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 33: 6 (3-7).">gather</a> them from the countries, and will bring them to their own <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/34/13c" mark="c" type="A" title="Deut. 18: 9.">land</a>, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
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I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 33: 12.">lie</a> in a good fold, and <i>in</i> a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
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I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>.
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I will seek that which was <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 15: 4; Luke 19: 10.">lost</a>, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up <i>that which was</i> broken, and will strengthen that which was <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/34/16b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Sickness.">sick</a>: but I will destroy the <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/34/16c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 10: 16.">fat</a> and the strong; I will feed them with <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/34/16d" mark="d" type="A" title="Jer. 10: 24.">judgment</a>.
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And <i>as for</i> you, O my <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sheep.">flock</a>, thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; Behold, I <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/34/17b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 20: 38.">judge</a> <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/34/17c" mark="c" type="P" title="HEB between sheep and sheep; i.e. between one sheep and another.">between</a> cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
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<i>Seemeth it</i> a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures?  and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Pollution.">foul</a> the residue with your feet?
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And <i>as for</i> my flock, they eat that which ye have <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 19: 7.">trodden</a> with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
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&#182; Therefore thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span> unto them; Behold, I, <i>even</i> I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
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Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
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Therefore will I save my <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 25: 16 (15-18).">flock</a>, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
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And I will set up <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 37: 22.">one</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/34/23b" mark="b" type="C" title="Isa. 55: 4; TG Shepherds.">shepherd</a> over them, and he shall feed them, <i>even</i> my servant <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/34/23c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezek. 37: 24.">David</a>; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
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And I <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/24a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB Jehovah.">the</a><span class='smallcaps'> Lord</span> will be their <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/34/24b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 29: 45 (45-46); Lev. 26: 12 (11-13); Ezek. 37: 27 (22-28).">God</a>, and my servant <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/34/24c" mark="c" type="A" title="Jer. 23: 5 (5-6); Jer. 30: 9; Hosea 3: 5.">David</a> a <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/34/24d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ezek. 37: 25 (24-25); Ezek. 44: 3.">prince</a> among them; I the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> have spoken <i>it.</i>
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And I will make with them a <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 37: 26.">covenant</a> of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/34/25b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 38: 8; D&C 45: 68 (68-70).">safely</a> in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
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And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 68: 9; Ezek. 22: 24.">shower</a> to come down in his season; there shall be showers of <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/34/26b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Blessings of.">blessing</a>.
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And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/27a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Earth, Destiny of.">earth</a> shall yield her increase, and they shall be <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/34/27b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 119: 117.">safe</a> in their land, and shall know that I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, when I have broken the bands of their <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/34/27c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Bondage, Physical; TG Bondage, Spiritual.">yoke</a>, and delivered them out of the hand of those that <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/34/27d" mark="d" type="P" title="HEB enslaved them.">served</a> themselves of them.
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And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 28: 26.">safely</a>, and none shall make <i>them</i> afraid.
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And I will raise up for them a <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/29a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 61: 3.">plant</a> of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/34/29b" mark="b" type="C" title="Ezek. 32: 24; Ezek. 36: 6; TG Shame.">shame</a> of the heathen any more.
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Thus shall they know that I the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> their God <i>am</i> with them, and <i>that</i> they, <i>even</i> the house of Israel, <i>are</i> my people, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>.
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And ye my <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/34/31a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sheep.">flock</a>, the flock of my pasture, <i>are</i> men, <i>and</i> I <i>am </i>your God, saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>.
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